Inês Amaral
Lecturer
[email protected]
Summary
- Assistant Professor at ISMT (Coimbra, Portugal) since 2003.
- Researcher at CECS (UMinho, Portugal) since 2008.
- eLearning tutor at Evolui (Portugal) since 2005.
- Journalist since 1998 ("Correio do Minho", "TSF Rádio Jornal", "Revista Comum", "TSF Online",
"AEIOU", "Jornal Centro")
- Web content manager.
- Multimedia skills: webdesign, vectorial design, graphic design, multimedia script.
Specialties
new media, social media, social networks, crowdsourcing, social tagging practices, interaction design
in cyberjournalism, usability, computer mediated communication.
Experience
eLearning tutor at Evolui.com
2005 - Present (6 years)
eLearning Tutor - Vectorial Design with Corel Draw Course
Lecturer at ISMT
2003 - Present (8 years)
Classes taught: Cyberjournalism, Cyberculture, Hypertext, Scripting for Multimedia, Creative
Writing, Web content production and management.
4 recommendations available upon request
Teacher at Instituto Pedro Nunes
October 2005 - November 2005 (2 months)
Ines has taught in the course"The Informatics in the Construction of the 21st Century Journalist".
1 recommendation available upon request
Journalist at AEIOU
2002 - 2003 (1 year)
Page 1
1 recommendation available upon request
Journalist at TSF Online
2002 - 2002
Journalist at Revista Comum
2000 - 2002 (2 years)
Journalist at Correio do Minho
1998 - 1999 (1 year)
Education
Universidade do Minho
Phd, Science Communications, 2008 - 2011
Universidade do Minho
Master's degree, Science Communication, 2004 - 2006
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Postgrad course, Multimedia, 2003 - 2004
Universidade do Minho
Licentiate's degree, Science Communication, 1997 - 2002
Activities and Societies: Editor in chief of the academic magazine "COMUM"; Documentary "Porto
dos Estrangeiros".
Honors and Awards
Science & Technology Foundation (FCT) 3 years grant fellowship for PhD research. Fellowship
granted for the study of socialnetworks on the web as an emergent sociability.
Interests
Teaching, researching, blogging, writing, reading, travelling
Page 2
Inês Amaral
Lecturer
[email protected]
8 people have recommended Inês
"I can say that if there are people who had an impact in my professional path, Inês Amaral is right
on top group of that list. She is a dedicated, extremely competent teacher, always interested in
providing interesting, modern perspectives about new media, and in students' development. Inês is
also a valuable researcher and someone to consider when it comes to Online Journalism. Her work
and support have been extremely important for my own work, and her knowledge and skills will
benefit anyone who has the chance to collaborate with her."
— Alexandre Gamela, was Inês's client
"It is with a really great pleasure that I recommend Ines Amaral. I had the pleasure of studing with
her from 2004 to 2006, during the Master Communication Course in Braga, Portugal. She is a
brilliant student, always displaying a high degree of integrity and maturity. She has a nice
cooperative attitude all the time. Ines Amaral is also an excelent teacher with a very interesting
outlook on digital communication. I am happy to give her my wholehearted endorsement."
— Daniela Bertocchi, studied with Inês at Universidade do Minho
"Uma excelente professora, cativante, motivadora e sempre disponível."
— João Silva, Student, Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, reported to Inês at ISMT
"A Inês Amaral foi uma das colegas de mestrado com quem mais aprendi. É uma rigorosa
investigadora nas áreas que melhor domina, nomeadamente as relacionadas com cibercultura,
webdesign, web 2.0, media participativos, interactividade e relações entre "bloguismo" e
ciberjornalismo. Tem também uma carreira docente que fala por si."
— Fernando Zamith, studied with Inês at Universidade do Minho
"Inês is a very bright person who works very fast and well. There are no mistakes in her work. Plus,
she has humour and is someone who is always available to share her knowledge with other. I can
only say she's one of the best person's that i've worked with."
— Diana Cabral, Journalist, aeiou, worked directly with Inês at AEIOU
Page 3
"No ISMT, Inês Amaral é igual a Web 2.0. Sabemos, e isso tranquiliza-nos, que daqui a algum
tempo será sinónimo de Web 3.0 também. Dinamismo fogoso, aliado a uma elevada competência
e a um alto grau de exigência em todos os projectos em que participa. Dinis Manuel Alves"
— Dinis Manuel Alves, Professor, ISMT, worked with Inês at ISMT
"Inês is an excellent professional, teacher, researcher and foremost a great friend"
— Sandra Oliveira, Assistent Professor, ISMT, worked directly with Inês at ISMT
"Great work capacity. Very strong knowledge in many fields and particulary in her area of
research."
— Francisco Amaral, Professor-Adjunto Equiparado, ESEC or ISMT, managed Inês indirectly at
ISMT
Contact Inês on LinkedIn
Page 4